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A young Black woman with long dark hair wearing a black, brown, and white print top, stands with her hands on her hips.

‘We’re fired up:’ Halifax Black Film Festival back for first in-person event since 2020

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

Festival founded by Fabienne Colas Foundation to feature 70 films from 10 countries.

Two Black women stand at a podium with a decorated with a colourful African fabric. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and glasses while the woman on the right is wearing a white top with black polka dots, and black pants. A banner in the background has the name of historic Black communities in Nova Scotia, including Monastery, Lincolnville, Cherry Brook, and East Preston.

Black Nova Scotia

Festival for Black Nova Scotian filmmakers back on stage for this spring

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 4, 2023January 5, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Tag: film festival

‘We’re fired up:’ Halifax Black Film Festival back for first in-person event since 2020

Festival for Black Nova Scotian filmmakers back on stage for this spring

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

Planning for national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes moves to next stage

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers

Nova Scotia wants to hire Black high school students through summer mentorship program

The Port of Sydney discovers wind